First home buyers miss out on Rocky’s mega housing sales
Rockhampton has topped the Sunshine State in annual housing price growth with a rise of 24.35 per cent over the past year, but the...
Fog and steamy afternoons
After Thursday morning's high humidity and thick fog (airport visibility 100m), Rocky recorded 32.8C at 2.52pm Thursday, its warmest maximum since 3 April.
And we...
Yeppoon Road milestone
The Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road upgrade has reached a key milestone, with motorists using a new duplicated section from Tuesday, 16 September, with one lane operating...
Marlborough Road cry for help
Livingstone Shire Council will alert Queensland’s Transport and Main Roads Minister to a dangerous section of Marlborough Road, after Cr Glenda Mather raised the...
Shops get the green light
Livingstone Shire councillors have unanimously approved a development application for a new supermarket-anchored shopping centre in Taroomball.
Proposed by the Lancini Property Group, the 10.9ha...
Black day for Bowen Basin
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli will hold crisis talks with coal miners after 900 jobs were wiped from the industry this week as Anglo American...
80 jobs to go from Blackwater’s Cook Colliery
QCoal will axe around 80 jobs from its underground mine Cook Colliery at Blackwater.
On Friday, 19 September, the company said the move was a...
Return of the ‘mack’: have your say on Spanish mackerel strategy
The Crisafulli Government has opened public consultation on proposed harvest changes to the Spanish mackerel fishery as part of efforts to restore fairness to...
Cheers to 29 years of sisterhood
Thursday, 4 September 2025 marked the 29th anniversary of the Sister City relationship between the Gladstone Region and Saiki City in Japan, a longstanding...
Gardeners get together
About 25 garden lovers from communities in the Dawson Valley visited Talbot Estate in Rockhampton during August to see some of the residents' gardens...
Fire ant biosecurity zones expanded to Central Highlands and Isaac
The National Fire Ant Eradication Program has expanded its biosecurity zones into Central Queensland, with parts of the Central Highlands and Isaac regions included...
WESTERN REGION: Winton ready for Outback Festival
The Winton Outback Festival is set to return in 2025, bringing five days of music, family fun and Aussie spirit to the heart of...
Four lives confirmed lost in Emerald duplex fire tragedy
Two people miraculously escaped an Opal Street duplex fire that claimed the lives of two infants, a female teenager and a man in his...
